“Look… I don’t want to seem forward or anything, but I can see you aren’t carrying cash walking around like that.” “Yeah…” “Well, I�...�ll be honest… I want some kind of fee for doing this, I ain’t exactly got all the money in the world myself.” “I have no money…” “Yeah, alright. I get that.” He slowed the car and indicated a turn, off-road. He turned and dipped the headlights to low beam as we coasted down towards a dirt track away from the main road. I didn’t speak. He pulled over and parked. I stood up. Ill see you guys tomorrow. They said their goodbyes and went back to telling stories of unruly passengers and trips of yesteryear. I found Joelle with Dkembe, Falani, Onyeka, Adede and the four African children. I collected a kiss from her as the ladies introduced their progeny. The kids were in constant motion, and trying to affix the unfamiliar names to the almost identical looking youngsters in my mind seemed like a lost cause to me. Id have to work on it in the future. Im. Aside from us in two weeks time they had the rampaging 'Eagles' next week and following us Tony and Stephanie's very dangerous 'Lion's team. If they were still in and around their strong position in the top three following those tough matches they would indeed be worthy contenders.Maybe it was the thought of that that led me to bowl my best scratch series of the season, games of 266, 254 and 279 totalling 800. Outside of my contribution, and a game of 275 from Sandy, contributions were even. Bent over and contemplating life I felt someone hard against my skirt and squealed in terror unprepared for what was to come as they placed their hands over my mouth and squeezed my mouth shut. Panic set in as I was held tight against the sink, loosing all ability to move. 'You have wine all over your shirt', a familiar voice whispered. It was him and he'd come to find me. 'Anyone could walk in!' I shrieked through shut mouth. He pushed me against the wall hard as I moaned feeling his hand.